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The Effect of Ambient Air Pollution on Severity of COVID19: Hospitalisation and Death
- Source :
- Asian Pacific Journal of Environment and Cancer. 3:15-16
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- EpiSmart Science Vector Ltd, 2020.
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Abstract
- The advent of a new Corona virus, SARS-CoVi-2, causing COVID-19, which first began in Wuhan, China, and then spread worldwide, has created a global public health crisis [1]. The sudden and far-reaching pandemic has raised many immediate questions. A very important goal of public health is to identify environmental factors that affect the spread and severity of the disease. Air pollution is one of the most well-known causes of long-term inflammation, which ultimately leads to increased immune system hyperactivity [2]. Air pollution is one of the leading causes of death and is estimated to play a role in nearly 5 million premature deaths worldwide in 2017 alone. Numerous scientific studies have linked air pollution to a variety of health concerns, including premature death in patients with heart or lung disease, non-fatal heart attacks, irregular heartbeats, and severe asthma [3].
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Ambient air pollution
business.industry
Severe asthma
Public health
Air pollution
Disease
medicine.disease_cause
Lung disease
Environmental health
Pandemic
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Medicine
business
General Environmental Science
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 26455404
- Volume :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Asian Pacific Journal of Environment and Cancer
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........2c90b7fe324be54a5618c07f56a2cf92
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.31557/apjec.2020.3.1.15-16